BILL NUMBER: SB 380	CHAPTERED  07/23/99

	CHAPTER   159
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 23, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 22, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 12, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 12, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 12, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Haynes

                        FEBRUARY 11, 1999

   An act to amend Sections 6300, 7420, 7441, and 7443 of the
Elections Code, relating to the Republican Party, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 380, Haynes.   Republican Party National Convention:  selection
of delegates.
   Existing law provides procedures relating to the selection of
delegates by the Republican Party to the party's national convention.

   This bill would make those provisions applicable to the selection
of delegates to the Republican Party National Convention to the
extent that the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the Republican
Party do not provide otherwise.  The bill would require the
California Republican Party to notify the Secretary of State of
material changes in the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the
Republican Party relating to selection of delegates to the Republican
Party National Convention.
   Under existing law, a new Republican county central committee is
elected in each county at each statewide direct primary election.
Under existing law, members of the county central committees are
elected from supervisor districts or Assembly districts and continue
to serve until the election and qualification of the members of the
new county central committees.
   This bill would require, commencing with the March 7, 2000,
statewide direct primary election, except for the County of Orange,
that members of Republican county central committees elected from
odd-numbered Assembly districts be elected for terms ending on the
2nd statewide direct primary election following that election and
that members from even-numbered Assembly districts be elected for
terms ending on the first statewide direct primary election following
that election.  After the March 7, 2000, election, the bill would
require that members of those Republican county central committees be
elected at every 2nd statewide direct primary election to replace
members whose terms are expiring.  This bill would authorize a county
central committee member to run at the next election in a renumbered
district even though his or her term has not expired, when district
boundaries are redrawn and renumbered in accordance with the
decennial census.
   This bill would provide that members of the Republican county
central committees may serve after the expiration of their terms
until the election and qualification of the new members replacing
them on the committees.
   Existing law requires a Republican county central committee to
take specific actions at its first organizational meeting.
   This bill would require, after each election, an organizational or
reorganizational meeting to take place within 30 days after new
county central committee members receive certificates of election.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 6300 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   6300.  (a) This chapter shall be applicable only to the
presidential primary ballot of the Republican Party, and qualified
parties for which no other provisions apply.
   (b) This chapter shall be applicable to the selection of delegates
to the Republican Party National Convention to the extent that the
constitution, bylaws, and rules of the Republican Party do not
provide otherwise.  The California Republican Party shall notify the
Secretary of State of any material changes in the constitution,
bylaws, and rules of the Republican Party relating to the selection
of delegates to the Republican Party National Convention.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7420 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   7420.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at every direct
primary election a county central committee shall be elected in each
county.
   (b) Commencing with the statewide direct primary election on March
7, 2000, except for the County of Orange, the members of each county
central committee to be elected from an odd-numbered Assembly
district shall be elected for a term that ends on the date of the
second statewide direct primary election following that election, and
the members elected from an even-numbered Assembly district shall be
elected for a term that ends on the date of the first statewide
direct primary election following that election.  At each statewide
direct primary election after the March 7, 2000, election, new
members shall be elected to county central committees to replace the
members whose terms are expiring and those members shall serve terms
that end on the second statewide direct primary election following
their election.
   (c) When district boundaries are redrawn and districts are
renumbered in accordance with the decennial census, a member of a
county central committee may run for election in a newly numbered
district at the next election even though his or her current term of
office has not expired.  If a person is elected in the newly numbered
district and takes the oath of office, the person is deemed to have
resigned from his or her previous district office at that time.
  SEC. 3.  Section 7441 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   7441.  At the first organizational meeting, a committee shall
organize by selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and any other
officers and committees as it deems necessary for carrying on the
affairs of this party.  After each election, an organizational or
reorganizational meeting shall take place within 30 days after new
county central committee members receive certificates of election.
  SEC. 4.  Section 7443 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   7443.  The committees shall perform any other duties and services
for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party.
Members of a county central committee may serve after the expiration
date of their terms until the election and qualification of the new
members replacing them on the county central committees.
  SEC. 5.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (1) The amendments to Section 6300 of the Elections Code made by
Section 1 of this act shall be deemed in conformance with the
constitution, bylaws, and rules of the Republican Party.
   (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in Section 1
of this act shall be deemed to amend any provision of the Open
Primary Act (Proposition 198, approved by the voters at the statewide
primary election on March 26, 1996).
  SEC. 6.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to effectuate the purposes of this act in the most timely
manner possible, so as (1) to comply with rules of the Republican
Party relating to the selection of delegates to the Republican Party
National Convention and (2) to provide sufficient lead time for
implementation of this act's changes in the manner of electing
Republican county central committee members, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.
